Review of Bridal Wave (2015) by Heather M — 03 Jun 2016

You will definitely want to miss the ludicrously titled "Bridal Wave," which is afloat with every possible cliché of the bridal movie: Blue collar bride-to-be plans to marry into wealthy family.

Groom's glamorous Jaclyn Smith mother disapproves. Very busy and important groom has little time for bride. Bride unhappy with opulent destination wedding at posh island resort. She feels out of place among snobbish socialites.

Chance encounter takes place between bride and unemployed artist in island drugstore. They fight over the last bottle of aspirin, then agree to share it. (Cute.) We know they are soul mates. They keep running into each other at this island resort.

The movie thinks these two are charming, but they are not. You'll love the scene where the artist happens to be available to stand in for the too-busy groom at the wedding rehearsal, and the rafters ring with ever so many ironies.

Neither of the two leading men is particularly attractive, denying the entire point of this kind of escapist fare, which is aimed at aspiring brides everywhere. The scenes are slow, dull, unamusing, poorly written and utterly predictable.

You'll never guess how it ends.